And finally… blowin’ in the wind

Posted on 1st March 2012

This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.

Maccabi Haifa v Dynamo Kiev isn’t a regular fixture on football’s calendar so the odds on it producing one of the year’s strangest moments must be pretty long. But produce it did. During a training match between the two clubs Maccabi Haifa goalkeeper Assaf Mendes manages to score a truly freakish own goal.

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And finally… face time

Posted on 29th June 2018

Here it is again, in all its glory. One of the highlights of the 2018 World Cup, Michy Batshuayi belting the ball off the post into his own face. He was a good sport about it afterwards mind.

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And finally… jättebra

Posted on 6th July 2018

Last time England took on Sweden, in 2012, Zlatan Ibrahimović scored a truly remarkable goal. Thankfully this time round there’ll be no Ibrahimović and (hopefully) no buffoonery from England’s keeper…

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And finally… oh Carolina

Posted on 13th July 2018

The USL gave us some top tier comedy this week, when North Carolina FC took on Charleston Battery. With the game tied at 1-1 in the 97th North Carolina could have won the game if just one of their players could have found the net in amongst all this madness…

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And finally… VAR defending

Posted on 20th July 2018

VAR has many detractors (and we don’t have an official position on it as yet), but Rosenborg’s match against Valur in a Champions League qualifier this week shows us why the debate around the technology isn’t going away anytime soon.

And finally… blowin’ in the wind

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